protection; refuge; shelter.

…AN.i.155; SN.iv.315 (maṃtāṇa, etc. adj protected by me, in my shelter)
■ SN.i.2, SN.i.54, SN.i.55, SN.i.107 (˚ṃ karoti); SN.iv.372…

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

Assaji¹

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …

AññātakoṇḍaññaKoṇḍañña

One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

The Wheel Treasure that is one of the seven treasures of a Wheel Turning Monarch (cakkavatti). The Cakkaratana is the Cakkavatti’s chief symbol of office; on its appearance before him, he sprinkles …

A World ruler. The world itself means “Turner of the Wheel,” the Wheel (Cakka) being the well known Indian symbol of empire. More than one thousand sons are his; his dominions extend throughout the …

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

Dhataraṭṭha¹

One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …

A class of semi-divine beings who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 …

A town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares. It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. Vin.i.8

The Buddha stayed at Gayā …

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallas of Kusināra, where the Buddha died. DN.ii.137

Hirakinari1river

Inda¹

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

A Yakkha, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as being one of the chief Yakkhas who should be invoked by followers of the Buddha when they need protection. DN.iii.204

One of the great Yakkhas, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258

The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …

MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita

One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical knowledge. AN.i.24 His Theragāthā verse speaks of contentment and sha …

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …

Opamañña¹

One of the names of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.200

Opamañña²

A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is me …

A king of old, whose wheelwright was the Buddha in a past life. AN.i.110

One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274

He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329

In …

The capital of Aḷaka, the first place to be passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011 It is identified with the Baithana or Paitana of Ptolemy.

19.482129,75.3808592town

The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles. The Buddha corrects him, saying that t …

Puṇṇaka¹

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who visited the Buddha. Snp.1006 His conversation with the Buddha is given in the Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1043–1048

Puṇṇaka²

…

Son and successor of King Disampati. On the death of his father Reṇu, with the advice and co operation of his chief steward Jotipāla, who was also his great friend, divided his kingdom into seven part …

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

SutanāSudhanā

An eminent upāsikā. AN.iv.347

A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions. Snp.176–205

Sātāgira is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN. …

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They o …

Upaka¹

An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …

UpavattaUpavattana

The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

A mythical region. A detailed description of it is given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.199ff. The men who live there own no property nor have they wives of their own; they do not have to work for t …

Vappa ¹

One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …

A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

A class of devas born in the Ākiñcāyatana, the third Arūpa world. MN.iii.103 Their life term is sixty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

The yakkha of Āḷavī. The Buddha once stayed at his dweling, at which the yakkha became angry and threatened the Buddha. He was tamed by the Buddha and asked a series of questions Snp.p.31–33 SN.i. …

ĀḷārakālāmaĀḷāraKālāma

One of the two teachers to whom Gotama, after his renunciation, first attached himself, the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.24 …

A city in Uttarakuru, mentioned with Kusināṭā, Parakusināṭā and Nātāpuriyā. DN.iii.200

5town

érzékelési terület, alap

szándék, akarat, indíttatás

elhatározás

hat érzékterület

sphere of mastering; area of control (one of six or eight stages in overcoming reactions to objects of the senses)

an invitation.

throwing down; striking.

chopping block.

1. (mfn.) referring or belonging to today; modern; present.
2. (m.) the period of the current day; this day, today.

finiteness or limitless

believing in the finiteness or limitless (of the world)

thinking of; considering.

in the wrong sphere or place; unsuitably

place in the forest, a forest haunt

the region of the Ariyas

precious horse, an excellent horse; esp. the ’horse-treasure ’ (one of the seven ratanas of a cakkavatti(n) king)

atta¹

masculine

1. the self, the soul, as a permanent, unchangeable, autonomous entity (always rejected by the Pāḷi Buddhist texts as not corresponding to any reality).
2. the self, one’s …

supported by one’s own earnings

is used with fpp as if nom. n.

pushing, hitting.

rubbing board?; a post incised with squares and used as a scrubber by bathers.

the “wheel treasure” of the cakkavatti(n)

the sense-organ that is the eye; the sphere of visual perception.

intention; volition.

the handle of a sunshade.

the state of being a deva.

preaching of the universal righteousness.

reflection on, examination of, dhamma.

the object that is a mental construct.

cutting far off; banishment (?)

causing a miscarriage; a means of causing a miscarriage, esp. a concoction.

the householder’s treasure (one of the seven treasures of the cakkavatti(n) emperor)

an object of sense that is odor.

slaughter-house; a place for butchering cows.

the sense organ that is the nose; the sphere of olfactory perception.

butcher’s knife.

name of a place; present sārnath near benares.

the “woman-treasure”, (one of the seven ratanas of a cakkavatti(n)) king)

the sphere of perception, the sense organ that is the tongue.

, abstr. the state of being a lover; an affair.

, abstr. of jāyā the state of being a wife; marriage

destroying the force or compulsion of action

basis or source for total stillness

who has prepared a protection from fear or danger; who has prepared a protection for the fearful

an evil action; an injury

an evil action; an injury

the sense organ that is the body

(from nimantana) (one) who accepts invitations (to meals)

1. the sphere or stage of neither apperception nor non-apperception, i.e.
2. the fourth of the arūpa states of existence; and.
3. the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.

invitation; a meal to which one is invited.

the shrub tabemaemontana coronaria; a fragrant powder obtained from it.

the destroying of craving.

the sphere or community of a religious sect.

height

opening.

or ~ā feminine a screen that can be opened; a shutter

disturbance, re-opening (of a (legal) question already settled).

consisting in re-opening (a matter already settled).

the crooked practice of corruption, deception and fraud

on one’s back, supine; with the mouth or opening uppermost; spread out; clear; plain, easily understood; shallow.

on one; s back, supine; clear, easily understood.

very clear

open, welcoming, ready to speak

lying on one’s back; (one who) lies on his or her back, an infant.

1. slaughter house; place of execution.
2. death.

the sphere or stage of (the awareness of) nothingness, i.e.

1. the third of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of awareness of nothingness, the third arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

the sphere or stage of the infinity of space, i.e.

1. the first of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of the consciousness of the infinity of space, the first arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

addressing; speaking to; invitation; inviting.

addressing; speaking to; invitation; inviting.

1. resting-place, abode; source; region, sphere, field, area.
2. transcendental sphere, plane of experience; transcendental state of mind in meditation.
3. sphere of perception, the sense-organs (in …

1. as the fields of perception.
2. in the right sphere; suitably

Abhibhāyatana: the 8 ‘stages of mastery’, are powers to be obtained by means of the kasina-exercises see: kasina. In the Com. to M. 77, where āyatana is explained by ‘means’ kārana it is sa …

Akusala: Disadvantageous, are all those kammic intentions kamma - cetanā see: cetanā and all consciousness and mental properties associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …

Atta-kilamatha: Self-mortification = self-torture, is one of the two extremes to be avoided, the other extreme being addiction to sensual pleasures kāma - sukha, whilst the Noble 8-fold p …

[[auditory organ]]Auditory organ: Ear, ability to hear see: āyatana.

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

Bases: The 12 of the perceptual process: āyatana

Bhavanga-santāna: ‘continuity of subconsciousness’; see: santāna

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and symbolizes conquering progress and expanding s …

Cakkhu: ‘eye’ see: āyatana The foll. 5 kinds of ‘eyes’ are mentioned and explained in CNid. PTS, p. 235; the first 3 also in It. 52: 1. the physical eye mamsa cakkhu. the divine eye *dibba- …

Cakkhāyatana: ’the base;visual organ; ’ see: āyatana.

Cetanā: ‘intention’, will, is one of the seven mental properties cetasika inseparably bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception *sa …

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

Chanda: intention, desire, will.

1. As an ethically neutral psychological term, in the sense of ‘intention’, it is one of those general mental properties cetasika Tab. II taught in th …

Citta-santāna: ‘consciousness-continuity’; see: santāna

Continuity: of body, subconsciousness, consciousness or groups of existence: santāna.

Eye: 5 kinds, see: cakkhu - Visual organ, see: āyatana.

Eye-organ: see: āyatana

Gems: the 3: ti-ratana

[[gustatory organ]]Gustatory organ: see: āyatana.

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

[[inseparable mental factors]]Inseparable mental properties: the 7 i. m. f.: in all consciousness: see: cetanā phassa nāma.

Jewels: The 3: ti-ratana

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

Jīvita: and Jīvitindriya: ‘Life, vitality’, may be either physical rūpa - jīvitindriya or mental nāma - jīvitindriya The latter is one of the mental properties inseparably associated …

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Paramattha: sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the ‘conventional truth’ vohāra - sacca which is also …

Pasāda-rūpa: ‘sensitive materiality’, is a name for the 5 physical sense-organs responding to sense-stimuli. Cf. āyatana

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Ti-ratana: ‘Three Jewels’ or Three Gems, which by all Buddhists are revered as the most venerable things, are the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Noble Sangha.’ i.e.: the Enlightened One; the law of d …

Titthāyatana: the 3 ‘articles of heretical belief’. which in A. III, 61 are declared as leading to inactivity, are: 1 the belief that all happiness and woe are produced through former kamma prenat …

Āhāra: ‘nutriment’, ‘food’, is used in the concrete sense as material food and as such it belongs to derived materiality see: khandha Summary I. In the figurative sense, as ‘foundation’ or susta …

Ākiñcaññāyatana: The sphere of nothingness; see: jhāna 7.

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under th …

Ākāsānañcāyatana: ‘Sphere of Infinite space’, is identical with the 1st formless absorption; see: jhāna 5.

Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …

Ārammana: Object. There are six: visible object, sound, odour, taste, body-contact, mental-object. The mental-object dhammārammana may be physical or mental, past, present or future, real or …

*Āyatana:
* 1: Spheres, is a name for the four formless absorptions; see: jhāna 5-8.
2: The 12 sources or bases on which depend the mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs an …

Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions sankhāra (see: *paticc …

in naṭānaṃ a. “turnings of dancers” DN-a.i.84 in explⁿ of sobha-nagarakaṃ of DN.i.6.

fr. abbhokirati

to sprinkle over, to rinse (with water) DN.ii.172 (cakkaratanaṃ; neither with Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 131 “give up”, nor with trsl. of Ja.ii.311 “roll along”); Ja.v.390; Pv-a.75. Cp. abbhokkirati.

a …

position of a master or lord, station of mastery. The traditional account of these gives 8 stations or stages of mastery over the senses (see Dial. ii.118; Exp. i.252), detailed identically at all …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) lit. gone forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expl^n. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e.g. DN-a.i.227 = Kp-a.114 = Vv-a.52) it is used in …

adjective facing, turned towards, approaching Ja.ii.3 (˚ā ahesuṃ met each other). usually -˚ turned to, going to, inclined towards DN.i.50 (purattha˚) Ja.i.203 (devaloka˚), Ja.i.223 (varaṇa-rukkha˚) …

speaking to, adressing, invitation MN.i.331.

abstr. to abhinimanteti

[fr. abhi-ni-pāteti in daṇḍa-sattha˚; attacking with stick or knife Cnd.576#4.

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

Addha¹

(num.) one half, half (˚-) DN.i.166 (˚māsika); AN.ii.160 (-māsa); Ja.i.59 (-yojana); iii. 189 (˚māsa).

= aḍḍha, q.v.

Addha²

adjective soiled, wet; fig. attached …

an executioner’s block Thig.58; cp. Thag-a.65 (variant reading kuḍḍanā, should prob. be read koṭṭana); Thag-a.287.

adhi + koṭṭanā or koṭṭana

attack, pressing Thag-a.271.

fr. adhipatati

at Thag.321 may be read as agha-gata or (preferably) with variant reading as aggha-gataṃ, or (with Neumann) as agghaṃ agghatānaṃ. See also Mrs. Rh. D, Psalms of the Brethren, p. 191.

adjective referring to the day, today’s, present, modern (opp. porāṇa) Thag.552; Dhp.227; Ja.ii.409
■ dat. ajjatanāya for today Vin.i.17; Pv-a.171 & passim.

cp. Sk. adyatana

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

adjective personal, inward (cp. Dhs trsl. 207 & Mnd.346: ajjhattikaṃ vuccati cittaṃ) opp. bāhira outward (q.v.). See also āyatana
■ MN.i.62 SN.i.73 (˚ā rakkhā na bāhirā); SN.iv …

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

thinking, upon, intention, care for Pv-a.164.

fr. anucinteti

not hurting Dhp.185 (anūpa˚; metri causa; expl^d. by anupahananañ c’eva anupaghātanañ ca Dhp-a.iii.238).

an + upaghāta

dealing with, interest in SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattana).

fr. anuparisakkati

adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …

adjective not (lying) open, not exposed; fig. unexplained, unclear Ja.vi.247.

an + uttāna

complying with, conformity with (-˚), compliance, observance, obedience Ja.i.367 (dhamma˚); Ja.v.78.

abstr. fr. anuvattati

adjective following, acting according to or in conformity with (-˚), obedient Ja.ii.348 (f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.i …

nonexertion, not exerting oneself, sluggishness, indolence Ja.v.121 (˚sīla = dussīla C.).

an + āyatana

not killing, not murdering. Dhp.185 (= anupahananañ c’eva anupaghātanañ ca Dhp-a.iii.238).

metrically for anupa˚

adjective small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most compounds); thus expl^d. at Vv-a.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see *[a …

1. the near bank of a river Ja.iii.230 (+ atiṇṇaṃ, C. paratīraṃ atiṇṇaṃ).
2. (fig.) not the further shore (of life), the world here, i.e. (opp. pāraṃ Nibbāna) Snp.1129, Snp.1130; Cnd.62; Dhp.385 (exp …

forest DN.i.71; MN.i.16; MN.iii.104; SN.i.4, SN.i.7, SN.i.29, SN.i.181, SN.i.203 (mahā); AN.i.60 (˚vanapatthāni); AN.ii.252; AN.iii.135, AN.iii.138; Snp.39, Snp.53, Snp.119; Dhp.99, Dhp.329, Dhp.330; …

…quietude, peace Ne.55 (+ tāṇa), Ne.176 (or as adj. = peaceful) Thag-a.134 (+ saraṇa); Vb.19 sq. (opp. saraṇa)….

sword, a large knife DN.i.77 (= DN-a.i.222); MN.ii.99; AN.i.48 = (asinā sīsaṃ chindante); AN.iv.97 (asinā hanti attānaṃ); Ja.iv.118 (asi sunisito), Ja.iv.184; Ja.v.45 (here meaning “sickle”), Ja.v.47 …

atta (the latter is the form used in comp^n.)

I. Inflection

1. of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
   ■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

adjective without shelter or protection Ja.i.229; Mil.148, Mil.325; Thag-a.285.

a + tāṇa

adjective noun

1. (temporal) past, gone by (cp. accaya 1)
   1. adj.; atītaṃ addhānaṃ in the time which is past SN.iii.86; AN.iv.219; AN.v.32
      ■ Pv.ii.12#12 (atītānaṃ, scil. attabhāvāuaṃ par …

to have pity on, to feel sorry for Ja.iv.178 (bhūtānaṃ nâvadāyissaṃ, gloss n’ânukampiyaṃ).

denom. fr. avadā in same meaning as anuddā, to dā¹: see dayati²

adjective face downward, head first, prone, bent over (opp. ukkujja & uttāna) Ja.i.13 Bv.ii.52; Ja.v.295; Ja.vi.40; Pv.iv.10#8; Pv-a.178.

• -pañña (adj.) one whose reason is turn …

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

pronoun another etc

A. By itself

1. other not the same, different, another, somebody else (opp oneself) Vin.iii.144 (aññena, scil. maggena, gacchati to take a different route); Snp.459, Sn …

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

Aṅgulī & Aṅguli

(thus always in compounds) feminine a finger AN.iv.127; Snp.610; Ja.iii.416 Ja.iv.474; Ja.v.215 (vaṭṭ˚ with rounded fingers); Mil.395; Dhp-a.ii.59; Dhp-a.iv.210; Snp-a.229.

• *-[ …

Aṅgulī & Aṅguli

(thus always in compounds) feminine a finger AN.iv.127; Snp.610; Ja.iii.416 Ja.iv.474; Ja.v.215 (vaṭṭ˚ with rounded fingers); Mil.395; Dhp-a.ii.59; Dhp-a.iv.210; Snp-a.229.

• *-[ …

adjective roaming about, wild Ja.v.105 (˚gāvī).

cp. Sk. aṭana, to aṭ.

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

at Vin.ii.106 is obscure, should it not rather be read with Bdhgh as aṭṭhāna? (cp. Bdhgh on p. 315).

adverb outside (adv. & prep.) DN.i.16; DN.ii.110; SN.i.169; SN.iii.47, SN.iii.103 SN.iv.205; SN.v.157; Vin.iii.113 (˚rūpa opp. ajjhatta-rūpa Snp.203; Vb-a.260 (kāye); Dhp-a.i.211 (c. gen); Dhp-a.i …

multiplicity, manifoldedness Vb-a.320 (cetanā˚).

cp. Sk. bahutvaṃ

adjective abundant, much Thig.406 (˚ratana, so read for bahuta˚), Thig.435 (for bahutadhana); Ja.iii.425 (bahūtam ajjaṃ “plenty of food”; ajja = sk. ādya, with kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. bahūta for …

feeding, food, nourishment, meal Dhp.185; Pp.28, Pp.55; Ja.ii.15; Ja.v.170 (bhatta-manuñña-rūpaṃ for bhattaṃ-); Vism.66 (where 14 kinds enumerated, i.e. sangha˚ uddesa˚ etc.); Sdhp.118
■ ucchiṭṭh …

to hire; originally the same as bhṛtya fr. bhṛta & bhṛti of; bhṛ Dhtp.94, Dhtm.114
■ bhaṭa = bhatyaṃ i.e. bhṛtyaṃ servant, hireling, soldier Mil.240; Vv-a.305 (bhattavetana˚). As to suggestion of …

light, splendour; given as name of a jewel at an extremely doubtful passage Ja.v.317, Ja.v.318, where T. reads “vara taṃ bhañ ñam icchasi,” & C. explains.: “bhā ti ratanass’ etaṃ nāmaṃ.” The variant r …

…utrāsa Snp-a.390).

• -ttāṇa refuge for the fearful, adj. one who protects those who are in fear AN.ii.174; Iti.25; Sdhp.300.

fr. bhī;…

fragrant grass; Andropogon schoenanthus Ja.vi.36 (= phanijjaka); Vism.543 (so variant reading for T. bhūtinaka).

cp. *Sk. bhūtṛna

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

to be awake, to be enlightened in (acc.), to perceive, to know, recognise, understand DN.ii.249; SN.i.74, SN.i.198; Dhp.136, Dhp.286; Thag.146; Ja.iii.331; Ja.iv.49 Ja.iv.425; Mil.165, Mil.348 (pot. b …

adjective

1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside) outer, foreign DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out o …

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

cloth, esp. clothes worn, garment, dress AN.i.206; Pv.ii.12#7 (kañcanā˚ for kañcana˚); Pv.iii.9#3 (for veḷa); dhāti˚ baby’s napkin Ja.iii.539. In simile of one whose clothes are on fire (āditta˚ + ād …

adjective connected with a thought or intention Ja.vi.304; usually in a˚; without a thought unintentional Ja.ii.375; Ja.vi.178; Vb.419.

see cetanā

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

adjective belonging to ceto, mental (opp. kāyika physical). Kāyikaṃ sukhaṃ → cetasikaṃ s. AN.i.81; SN.v.209; kāyikā darathā → c. d. MN.iii.287, MN.iii.288; c. duk khaṃ DN.ii.306; A …

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

Err:509

adjective thoughtful, considerate Ja.i.222.

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

1. (adj.) shifted, disappeared, deceased, passed from one existence to another Vin.iv.216; Snp.774, Snp.899; Iti.19, Iti.99; Ja.i.139, Ja.i.205; Pp.17
   ■ -accuta permanent. no …

gift, a fee, a donation; a donation given to a “holy” person with ref. to unhappy beings in the Peta existence (“Manes”), intended to induce the alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, exp …

one who tames or subdues, a trainer, in phrase adantānaṃ dametā “the tamer of the untamed” (of a Buddha) MN.ii.102; Thig.135.

n
■ ag. to dameti = Sk. damayitṛ, cp. Sk. damitṛ = Gr. (παν)δαμάτωρ δμη …

to make tame, chastise, punish master, conquer, convert Vin.ii.196 (daṇḍena); MN.ii.102; Dhp.80, Dhp.305 (attānaṃ); Iti.123 (ppr. [danto] damayataṃ seṭṭho [santo] samayataṃ isi); Mil.14, Mil.386; Pv- …

*Dassati¹

to see, to perceive.

1. (pres.) base dakkh [Sk. drakṣ]: pres.
   1. dakkhati Cnd.428 (= passati), 1st dakkhāmi ibid. (= passāmi) second dakkhasi SN.i.11 …

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

state or condition of a deva Thag.1127; cp. petattana in the foll. verse.

= last

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1^b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

1. a primary element, of whic …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

Dussa¹

neuter woven material, cloth, turban cloth; (upper) garment, clothes Vin.i.290 Vin.ii.128, Vin.ii.174; Vin.iv.159. DN.i.103; SN.v.71; MN.i.215; MN.ii.92; AN.v.347; Snp.679; Pv.i.10# …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …

…salvation etc. (see also tāṇa): SN.iii.42 (atta˚ + attasaraṇa etc., not with S Index to dīpa¹); SN.v.154,…

adjective far distant, remote, opp. āsanna (Ja.ii.154) or santika (Dhs.677; Vism.402)
■ Pv-a.117. Often in compounds (see below), also as dūri˚; e.g. dū …

1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
   ■ Ja.i.90 …

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

1. gacch˚, in
   pres gacchati;
   imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
   pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

1. adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
   1. lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
   2. fig of knowledge …

smell, viz.

1. odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

Gava˚

base of the N. go, a bull, cow, used in compounds See gāv˚, go.

-akkha a kind of window Mhvs.9. Mhvs.15, Mhvs.17; -āghātana slaughtering of cows Vin. …

…(usually -˚) DN.i.95 (tāṇa˚, etc.); Dhp.99 (kāma˚), Dhp.245 (suci˚), Dhp.355 (pāra˚); Cnd.503 (in expl. of mahesi, with esin…

1. a stalk, a shaft (cp. gaṇḍī) Ja.i.474; Dhs-a.319 (of the branches of trees: g˚-ākoṭana-sadda)
2. a lump, a block of wood (more freq. spelling gaṇṭhikā, q.v.).
3. Name of a plant Vv.35#4 (= bandh …

dwelling, hut, house the household Ja.i.145, Ja.i.266, Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.18, Ja.ii.103, Ja.ii.110, Ja.ii.155 Ja.vi.367; Vism.593; Pv-a.22, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = D …

see Ghaṭṭana.

1. combining, putting together, combination, composition Ja.i.220; Pv-a.312, etc.
2. striking, fig. insulting (ghaṭṭana = āsajjana) Vv-a.55. To meaning “strike” cp. saṃghaṭṭana.

Sk. ghaṭana, to *gr …

the nose; usually in its function as organ of smell = sense of smell (either in phrase ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyati: to smell an odour by means of the nose; or in ghana-viññeyyā gandhā odours which are se …

(usually -˚) killing murdering; slaughter, destruction, robbery DN.i.135 (gāma˚, etc. village robbery); setu˚ the pulling down of a bridge (fig.) Vin.i.59, etc. (see setu); pantha h …

see saṃ˚; ghāṭana see ghaṭati.

mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumⁿ of the 7 large mountains).

• -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

Guṇa¹

1. a string, a cord-
   1. of a robe, etc., in (kāya-bandhanaṃ) saguṇaṃ katvā to make tight by tying with a knot Vin.i.46 (Vin. Texts: “laying the garments on top of each other,” …

the head of a company, a chief, a village headman Vin.ii.296 (Maṇicūḷaka). Title of the G. Saṃyutta (Book VIII. of the Saḷāyatana-Vagga) SN.iv.305 sq.; & of the Gāmaṇī Jātaka Ja.i.136, Ja.i.137
■ S …

Hanati¹ & hanti

1. to strike, to thresh SN.iv.201; Ja.iv.102
2. to kill DN.i.123; AN.iv.97 (asinā hanti attānaṃ); Snp.125; Dhp.405; maggaṃ˚; to slay travellers on the road Ja.i.274; Ja.ii …

-ā (f.) scorn(ing), disdain, contempt Mil.357; DN-a.i.276 (of part. “re”: hīlana-vasena āmantanaṃ); as -ā at Vb.353 (+ ohīḷanā); Vb-a.486.

fr. hīḍ

1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …

(older); jaras (nt.) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin.i.10, Vin.i.34; AN.i.51, AN.i.138 (as death’s messenger); AN.v.144 sq. (bhabbo jaraṃ pahātuṃ); Snp.311 (cp. DN.iii.75); Ja.i.59; Thig.252 sq.; Vi …

the tongue.

1. physically: Vin.i.34; AN.iv.131; Snp.673, Snp.716; Dhp.65 Dhp.360; Ja.ii.306; Pv-a.99 (of Petas: visukkha-kanthaṭṭha j.), Pv-a.152
   ■ Of the tongue of the mahāpurusha which coul …

jotanā (f.) illumination, explanation Ja.vi.542; Pts.ii.112; Vv-a.17 (˚nā).

cp. Sk. dyotana

knowledge, cognizance, recognition; intelligence, learning, skill Ja.i.145 (attānaṃ-˚kālato paṭṭhāya from the time of self-recognition), Ja.i.200 (-˚manta knowledge of a spell, a spell known by tum …

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

1. As adj. n.un
   1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

, nt.)

woollen stuff, woollen blanket or garment. From Ja.iv.353 it appears that it was a product of the north, probably Nepal (cp. J.P.T.S. 1889, 203); enumerated as one of the 6 kinds of cīvaras …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

the act of preparing, fixing; that which is fixed, arranged, performed

1. kappanā (f.) the fixing of a horse’s harness harnessing, saddling Ja.i.62.
2. (nt.) (-˚) procuring making: jīvika˚; a liveli …

1. (adj.)
   1. that ought to be, must or should be done, to be done, to be made (= kātabbaṃ karaṇârahaṃ Kp-a.236) Vin.i.58; DN.i.3, cp. Mil.183; AN.v.210; DN-a.i.7. Often-˚ in the sense of “doing …

Kasiṇa¹

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

…Dāvs iv.39. -bhīruttāṇa one who has offered protection to the fearful see ˚*kalyāṇa*. -bhūmikamma one…

bad deed, injuring, doing evil (cp. kaṭana) Ja.iv.42 (yam me akkhāsi… katanaṃ kataṃ), cp. Morris in J.P.T.S. 1893, 15.

fr. kata

one who makes or creates, a maker, doer; in foll. construction.

I. Dependent

Either in verb-function with acc., as n. agent to all phrases with karoti e.g. pañhaṃ karo …

Kaṭa¹

a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.

• -sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine Dhs-a.78.
• -sāra (Dhp-a.i.268) & *[sāraka](/define/sāraka …

an evil deed AN.iv.172 (variant reading = AN-a.744 kaṭanaṃ vuccati pāpakammaṃ).

from kaṭa, pp. of karoti

sign etc., see saṃ˚.

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

Khata¹

dug up, uprooted, fig. one whose foundation (of salvation) has been cut off; in combination with upahata DN.i.86 (= DN-a.i.237); khataṃ upahataṃ attānaṃ pariharati “he keeps himsel …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

1. to dig (? better “destroy”; cp. Kern

   Toevoegselen

   s. v.), dig out uproot Dhp.247, Dhp.337; Snp.p.101; Ja.ii.295; Ja.iv.371, Ja.iv.373 Sdhp.394. Also khanati & cp.; *[ …

to renounce, to remit, in vetanaṃ ˚etvā Ja.iii.188.

v. denom. fr. khaṇḍa

…Snp.1098; Cnd. s.v. (+ tāṇato, etc.).

• -atta one who is at peace (+ viratta) SN.i.112 (= khemībhūtaṃ…

1. (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

praise Pv-a.31, Pv-a.107.

f. kitteti

1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

at Vin.ii.153 of ālinda, a verandah, said to be saṃsaraṇa˚ ugghāṭana˚ (a movable screen or a curtain that can be drawn aside) Vin Texts iii.174, 176.

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

(or kolika?) feminine adj. = kolaka, appl. to boils, in pīḷikoḷikā (itthi) having boils of jujube size Thig.395 (expl. at Thag-a.259; akkhidalesu nibbattanakā pīḷikā vuccati).

adjective aiming for an end or goal Ja.vi.254 (cp. ākoṭana²).

fr. koṭi

1. grinding, crushing, pounding (grains) Ja.i.475; -pacan’ ādi pounding and cooking, etc Dhp-a.ii.261.
2. hammering or cutting (?) in dāru Ja.ii.18; Ja.vi.86 (maṃsa˚, here “beating,” T. spells ṭṭh …

1. to beat, smash, crush, pound Ja.i.478 Ja.vi.366 (spelt ṭṭh); Dhp-a.i.25 (suvaṇṇaṃ) 165.
2. to make even (the ground or floor) Vin.ii.291 (in making floors); Ja.vi.332.
3. to cut, kill Snp-a.178 ( …

crate, basket work, a kind of raft, a little basket Ja.vi.64.

• -vihāra (adj.) the state of being like one who has found a raft (?) Vin.ii.304 (cp. Bdhgh uttānavihāra ibid. p. 33 …

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

(only -˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality
■ lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs Vv-a.138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities Pv-a.67. For foll. cp Mrs. Rh. D …

the crow; freq. in similes: SN.i.124; Snp.448; Ja.i.164. Its thievish ways are described at Dhp-a.iii.352; said to have ten bad qualities AN.v.149; Ja.i.342; Ja.iii.126; kākā vā kulalā vā Vin.iv.40 …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

Kūṭa¹

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

club, cudgel Vin.iii.77 (enumerated with var. weapons of murder, like asi, satti, bheṇḍi pāsāṇa etc.); Mil.152, Mil.351 (kodaṇḍa-laguḷa-muggara), Mil.355 (kilesa˚); Ja.vi.394; Vism.525 (˚abhighāta). …

at Ja.v.408 is problematic. We should expect something like laṅghiyo or laṅghimayā in meaning “deer,” as it is combined with eneyyaka. The C. reads laṅghimayā (“like deer; jumping”?) & explains …

1. to jump over (acc.) step over, to hop Ja.iii.272; Ja.v.472 (langhamāno yāti); Mil.85.
2. to make light of, disregard neglect, transgress Pv-a.15; Vv-a.138
   ■ Cp. abhilaṅghati, ullaṅghati

c …

…meaning often combined with tāṇa & saraṇa;, e.g. at DN.i.95; SN.iv.315 (maṃ-leṇa refuge with me; + maṃtāṇa); SN.iv.372 (=…

adjective noun

1. (adj.) red: rarely by itself (e.g. MN.ii.17), usually in compounds e.g. -abhijāti the red species (q.v.) AN.iii.383; -kasiṇa the artifice of red DN.iii.268; AN.i.41; Dhs.203; …

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

shaking, upsetting Dhtm.117. Cp. vi˚.

luṭ; cp. *Sk. lolana & viloḷana

cutting, severing Snp-a.148 (niddānan ti chedanaṃ lunanaṃ uppāṭanaṃ).

for lūna(na), cp. lavana

Luḷati & Luṭati

to stir, shake, agitate, upset; intrs. to be in motion, to be stirred Mil.259 (calati khubbhati l. āvilati)
pp luḷita.

cp. Epic Sanskrit loṭh to move & dial.; …

Luḷati & Luṭati

to stir, shake, agitate, upset; intrs. to be in motion, to be stirred Mil.259 (calati khubbhati l. āvilati)
pp luḷita.

cp. Epic Sanskrit loṭh to move & dial.; …

receiving, getting, acquisition, gain, possession; pl. possessions DN.i.8; DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61; MN.i.508 (ārogya-paramā lābhā); MN.iii.39; AN.i.74; AN.iv.157 sq., AN.iv.160 (lābhena abhibhūto pariyādi …

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

soft spot of the body, a vital spot (in the Vedas chiefly between the ribs near the heart), joint. A popular etym. and explⁿ of the word is given at Expos. 132ⁿ³ (on Dhs-a.100 …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …

adjective plotting Ja.v.437.

fr. mantanā

(& ˚ṇā) counsel, consultation, deliberation, advice, command DN.i.104; AN.i.199; Vin.v.164; Ja.vi.437, Ja.vi.438; Mil.3 (ṇ); DN-a.i.273.

fr.; mant

to pronounce in an important (because secret) manner (like a mantra), i.e.

1. to take counsel (with = instr. or saddhiṃ) DN.i.94, DN.i.104 (mantanaṃ manteyya to discuss DN.i.122 (2^nd pl. i …

death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …

to churn, to shake, disturb, upset. Only in Caus. matheti to agitate, crush, harass, upset (cittaṃ SN.iv.210; Snp.50 (= tāseti hāpeti Cnd.492); Pv.iv.7#1 (kammānaṃ vipāko mathaye manaṃ; C 264: abhib …

1. a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) [to medha¹] fit for sacrifice, pure; neg. a˚; impure Sdhp.363
2. (nt.) [to medha² & medhāvin] in; dum˚; foolishness Pp.21 = Dhs.390 (explained at Dh …

1. a wild animal, an animal in its natural state (see compounds).
2. a deer, antelope, gazelle Various kinds are mentioned at Ja.v.416; two are given at Cnd.509, viz. eṇi (antelope) & …

or ˚ā feminine tumbling, turning somersaults, an acrobatic feat; in list of forbidden amusements at DN.i.6 (cp. DN-a.i.86; samparivattaka-kīḷanaṃ, i.e. playing with something that rolls along, conti …

1. the mouth Snp.608, Snp.1022 (with ref. to the long tongue, pahūta-jivha, of the Buddha or Mahāpurisa) Ja.ii.7; DN-a.i.287 (uttāna˚ clear mouthed, i.e. easy to understand, cp. DN.i.116); Pv-a.11, …

thought, supposed, imagined (i.e. received by other vaguer sense impressions than by sight & hearing) MN.i.3; Snp.714 (= phusan’ arahaṃ Snp-a.498), Snp.812; Ja.v.398 (= anumata C.) Vb.14, Vb.429 sq …

Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the …

adjective

1. wearing a garland (or row) of flowers (etc.) Pv.iii.9#1 (= mālābhārin Pv-a.211); f mālinī Vv.36#2 (nānā-ratana˚); Mhvs.18, Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚ mahābodhi).
2. (pe …

death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …

Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the …

dance, dancing Vv-a.282, Vv-a.315.

Ved. *nṛtyana, cp. naṭana

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

adjective one who lives by invitations MN.i.31.

fr. nimantana

only in phrase netthāraṃ vattati to behave in such a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin.ii.5; Vin.iii.183; MN.i.442
■ Bdhgh on Vin.ii.5 (p. 309) explains: nittharantānaṃ etan ti netthāraṃ yen …

indeclinable see na²
■ nevasaññā-nâsañña (being) neither perception nor non-perception, only in cpd. ˚āyatana & in nevasaññī-nâsaññin: see saññā.

na + eva

adjective bound down to, i.e.

1. fixed, stable, sure Ja.iv.134 (bhattavetana); Mil.398 (a˚ unstable, ˚sayana). At DN-a.i.243 two kinds of cārikā (wanderings, pilgrimages) are dis …

growing, coming forth; (re)birth, existence, life Ja.ii.105; Pv-a.5 (devaloke n-araha deserving rebirth in the world of gods), Pv-a.9, Pv-a.67 etc.

abstr. fr. nibbattati

adjective

1. arising, coming out, growing Thag-a.259 (akkhidalesu n. pīḷikā).
2. one destined to be reborn, a candidate of rebirth Ja.iii.304 (sagge).

fr. nibbattana

unwinding, fig. explanation Mil.28.

Sk. nirveṣṭana, nis + veṭhana

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …

cutting off, mowing, destroying Snp.78 (= chedana lunana uppāṭana Snp-a.148) = SN.i.172; K.S. i.319, cp. niḍḍāyati.

Sk. *nirdāna, nis + dāna of dayati², Sk. dāti, cp. dātta

destruction, killing, rooting out Snp.1085 (taṇhā˚; Snp-a.576 = vināsana); Cnd.343 (variant reading nighātana).

Sk. nirghātana, nis + ghātana, but cp. nighāta

an explained word or a word explⁿ, vocabulary, gloss, usually in ster. formula marking the accomplishments of a learned Brahmin “sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ… padako” (see detail under keṭubha) …

adjective without compassion, heartless Snp.244 (= sattānaṃ anatthakāma); Sdhp.508.

nis + karuṇa, adj. of karuṇā

adjective laid down, lying; put down into, set in, arranged; in compounds (˚-having laid down = freed of, rid of DN.ii.14 (maṇi-ratanaṃ vatthe n. set into); Iti.13 (sagge: put into heaven) Ja.i.53, …

collection (“body”) assemblage, class, group.

1. generally (always-˚): eka˚; one class of beings Dhs-a.66; tiracchāna˚; the animal kingdom SN.iii.152; deva˚; the assembly of the gods, the g …

invitation Vin.i.58 = Vin.ii.175; DN.i.166; MN.i.77; AN.i.295; Ja.i.116 (ṇ), Ja.i.412 Pp.55.

to nimanteti

beating SN.iv.300 (variant reading ṭh.). Cp. nippothana.

nis + pothanā

1. falling upon Dhp-a.i.295.
2. going to bed Vv-a.71 (pacchā˚ opp. pubbuṭṭhāna) Cp. nipātin.

to nipatati

grinding Dhp-a.i.308.

= ni + śātana

Nitthanati & Nitthunati

to moan, groan:

1. -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
2. -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295, Ja.v.389; Vism.311; Vv-a.224. Cp nitthuna.

Sk. nis …

1. (of thunati¹) moan, groan DN-a.i.291 (as variant reading BB for nitthanana)-
2. (of thunati²) blame, censure, curse Pv-a.76 (˚ṃ karoti to revile or curse).

Sk. *nis-stan …

Nitthanati & Nitthunati

to moan, groan:

1. -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
2. -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295, Ja.v.389; Vism.311; Vv-a.224. Cp nitthuna.

Sk. nis …

1. returning, turning, fig. turning away from, giving up, “conversion” Pv-a.120 (pāpato)
2. a bend, curve (of a river), nook Ja.i.324; Ja.ii.117, Ja.ii.158; Ja.iv.256; Ja.v.162.

fr. nivattati

adjective only neg. a˚; not liable to return, not returning Dhp-a.i.63.

grd. formation fr. nivattana

to communicate, make known, tell, report, announce Ja.i.60, Ja.i.307; Pv-a.53, Pv-a.66 (attānaṃ reveal oneself); Dāvs v.42.

ni + vedeti, Caus. of vid.

to cause to enter, to establish; to found, build, fix, settle; (fig.) to establish in, exhort to (c. loc.), plead for, entreat, admonish DN.i.206; SN.v.189; Dhp.158, Dhp.282 (attānaṃ); Iti.78 (brahmac …

one who holds back or refuses (entrance) (opp. pavesetar) DN.ii.83 = SN.iv.194; AN.v.194 (dovāriko aññātānaṃ nivāretā ñātānam pavesetā).

n. agent to nivāreti

Nivāta¹

adjective with the wind gone down, i.e. without wind, sheltered from the wind, protected, safe, secure Vin.i.57, Vin.i.72; MN.i.76; AN.i.137 (kūṭāgāra); AN.i.101 (id.); Iti.92 (rah …

returning, return to (-˚) Ja.v.497 (saka-raṭṭha˚); Vism.556; DN-a.i.234.

fr. niyyāti

Niṭṭhā¹

feminine basis, foundation, familiarity with Snp.864 (expl Snp-a.551 by samiddhi, but see Mnd.263).

Sk. niṣṭhā; ni + ṭhā, abstr. of adj
■ suff. ˚ṭha

Niṭṭhā²

femin …

name.

1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
   ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

adjective “of now,” i.e. recent, fresh, new Dāvs iv.47.

Vedic nūtana, adj
■ formation fr. adv. nū, cp. nūna. In formation cp. Sk. śvastana (of to-morrow) Lat. crastinus etc.

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

adjective separate, individual; usually acc. -ṃ adv. separately, individually, singly, by himself in his own heart DN.i.24 (yeva nibbuti viditā); DA on DN.ii.77 = attano attano abbhantare; MN.i.251 …

coming back, return Dhs-a.389.

fr. preceding

adjective sufficient, abundant, much, considerable Snp.428, Snp.862 sq. Pv.i.5#2 (= anappaka, bahu, yāvadattha C.; Dhp at Pv-a.25 gives bahuka as inferior variant); Pv.i.11#7 (= a …

to shine forth, to be visible, to become known Snp.445, Snp.1032 (= bhāsati tapati virocati Cnd.373)
caus pakāseti to show up, illustrate, explain make known, give information …

fallen, gone, gone down; also: creeping only in foll. compounds:

• -ga a snake Thag.429 (˚inda chief of snake-demons) Ja.v.166; Mil.23.
• -gandha with gone down (i.e. deterio …

falling down Snp.576 = Ja.iv.127 (abl. papatanā papatanato C.).

fr. pa + pat

1. to have illusions, to imagine, to be obsessed MN.i.112; Dhp-a.i.198 (tesaṃ suvaṇṇa-lobhena papañcentānaṃ).
2. to be profuse. to talk much, to delay on Snp-a.136

pp *[papañcita](/define/papañcit …

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

1. to mark out Vv-a.291 (vasana-ṭṭhānaṃ).
2. to determine, to fix accurately to decide Ja.i.170 (padaṃ the track), Ja.i.194 (nivāsavetanaṃ); Ja.iii.371; Ja.iv.77; Mil.272; Vism.184, Vism.409; Snp-a …

1. to take care of, to attend to (acc.), shelter, protect, keep up, preserve, look after Vin.i.42 Vin.ii.188; DN.ii.100 (sanghaṃ); DN.ii.14 (gabbhaṃ kucchinā) MN.i.124, MN.i.459; SN.iii.1; AN.iii.123; …

1. attention, care (esp -), in compounds like gabbha˚; care of the foetus Dhp-a.i.4; dāraka˚; care of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the prince Ja.i.148, Ja.ii.48; Dhp-a.i.346; * …

“doing round,” i.e. doing up, viz (1.) arrangement, getting up, preparation Vin.ii.106 (˚ṃ kārāpeti), Vin.ii.117 (geruka˚ plastering with red chalk), Vin.ii.151 (id.). parikammaṃ karoti to make (the …

to bring to complete coolness, or training (see next), emancipation or cessation of the life-impulse, to make calm, lead to Nibbāna to exercise self-control, to extinguish fever of craving or fire o …

surrounding people, group collection, company, assembly, association, multitude Var. typical sets of assemblies are found in the Canon viz, eight assemblies (khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚, gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, …

…head as a charm Ja.i.396, Ja.i.399.

fr. pari + trā, cp. tāṇa, tāyati & also parittāna

…arrangement Vin.ii.152, cp. Vin Texts iii.174.

pari + tāṇa. Cp. Epic Sk. paritrāṇa

setting going, keeping up, propounding Ja.i.200 (˚manta adj. one who knows a charm); Ne.1 sq., Ne.106.

fr. parivattati

round, circle, succession, mainly in two phrases, viz. catu˚; fourfold circle MN.iii.67; SN.iii.59 (pañcupādāna-kkhandhe, cp aṭṭha-parivaṭṭa-adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304); and ñāti˚; circle …

1. surrounding, suite, retinue, followers, entourage, pomp Ja.i.151; Ja.iv.38; Ja.vi.75; Pv-a.21, Pv-a.30 (˚cāga-cetana, read pariccāga-cetana?); usually as adj.-˚ surrounded by, in company of …

to think over, consider thoroughly examine, search SN.ii.80 sq.; Iti.42 = Snp.975 (ppr dhammaṃ ˚vīmaṃsamāna, cp. Mnd.508); DN-a.i.134; Dhp-a.iv.117 (attānaṃ).

pari + vīmaṃsati, Desid. of pari + * …

leader, guide, adviser; one of the 7 treasures (ratanāni) of a great king or Cakkavattin (according to Bdhgh on DN.ii.177 the eldest son; in the Lal. Vist. a general cp. Divy.211 Divy.217; Senart, *Lé …

…SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.). 2. (adj. ˚)

1. going through to, ending in, aiming…

…SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.). 2. (adj. ˚)

1. going through to, ending in, aiming…

adjective falling, falling out, ruin, destruction Ja.i.293 (akkhīni); Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.188 (geha˚), Ja.vi.85 (usu˚ range of his arrow).

fr. patati

adjective on the point of falling, going to fall, falling Ja.vi.358.

fr. patana

Pati¹

lord, master, owner, leader.

1. in general DN.iii.93 (khettānaṃ p. gloss adhipati). Mostly-˚; see under gavam˚, gaha˚, dāna˚, yūtha˚, senā˚.
2. husband SN.i.210; Snp.314; Ja.iii.13 …

place, city, port Ja.i.121; Ja.iv.16, Ja.iv.137, Ja.v.75; Pv-a.53
■ -ka a sort of village Ja.vi.456.

*Sk. paṭṭana

to gain, to profit from (acc.) Mil.240 (attānaṃ na p. does not profit from himself).

denom. fr. patti²

adj. nt.

1. moving forward, doing good, beneficial, useful; f. ˚i MN.i.214; Pp.35 (spelt pavattinī in T. as well as Pp-a.218).
2. execution performance, carrying out Mil.277 (āṇā,˚ cp pavatti).

fr. pavattati

one who keeps up or keeps going, one who hands on (the tradition) an expounder, teacher DN.i.104 (mantānaṃ p. = pavattayitar DN-a.i.273); SN.iv.94; Dhp.76 (nidhīnaṃ p. = ācikkhitar Dhp-a.ii.107).

n …

to make known, to declare, communicate, relate SN.i.24; SN.iv.348; Dhp.151; Snp.p.103 (= bodheti ñāpeti Snp-a.444); Pv-a.33, Pv-a.58, Pv-a.68 (attānaṃ make oneself known), Pv-a.120
pp *[pavedit …

Pavāla & Pavāḷa

masculine & neuter

1. coral Ja.i.394 (˚ratta-kambala), Ja.ii.88; Ja.iv.142; Mil.267 (with other jewels), Mil.380 (id.) Snp-a.117; Vv-a.112 (˚ratana).
2. a sprout, young branch, sh …

Pavāla & Pavāḷa

masculine & neuter

1. coral Ja.i.394 (˚ratta-kambala), Ja.ii.88; Ja.iv.142; Mil.267 (with other jewels), Mil.380 (id.) Snp-a.117; Vv-a.112 (˚ratana).
2. a sprout, young branch, sh …

striving after, effort, endeavour Kp-a.108.

cp. Sk. prayatna, of yat

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

to sell, barter, bargain, risk, bet Ja.v.24 (= voharati attānaṃ vikkiṇati C.)
■ See also paṇitaka & paṇiya.

cp. Sk. paṇati

1. a covering, membrane, lining, envelope, skin film Vism.257 (maṃsa˚ of the liver, where Kp-a.54 reads maṃsa-piṇḍa), Vism.359 (phaṇa˚); Dhs-a.307 (7 akkhi˚ membranes of the eye); Kp-a.21 (samuppa …

to hold back, refuse Ja.iv.134 (vetanaṃ na p. = aparihāpetvā dadāti).

paṭi + bandhati

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

1. (ethically) repulsion, repugnance anger DN.i.25, DN.i.34; DN.iii.254, DN.iii.282; SN.i.13; SN.iv.71, SN.iv.195, SN.iv.205 SN.iv.208 sq.; SN.v.315; AN.i.3, AN.i.87, AN.i.200; Snp.371, Snp.536; Dhs.1 …

to strew about, to sprawl Pv.iv.10#8 (uttānā paṭikirāma = vikirīyamān’angā viya vattāma Pv-a.271).

paṭi + kirati

gone back from (-˚), returned (opp. abhi˚) DN.i.70 (abhikkanta +); AN.ii.104 AN.ii.106 sq., AN.ii.210; Pv.iv.1#43 (cp. Pv-a.240); DN-a.i.183 (= nivattana); Vv-a.6 (opp. abhi˚) Pv-a.11 (piṇḍapāta …

dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cp. pitṛyajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the “fathers, …

state or condition of a Peta Thag.1128.

abstr. fr. peta

Phassa¹

contact, touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually phoṭṭhabbaṃ). It is the fundamental fact in a sense impression and consists of a combination of the sense, the ob …

kind of plant, which is enumerated at Vin.iv.35 = DN-a.i.81 as one of the aggabīja, i.e. plants propagated by slips or cuttings, together with ajjuka & hirivera. At Ja.vi.536 the C. gives *[bhūtanaka …

“applause,” in brahma-pphoṭana at Dhp-a.iii.210 should be taken as ā + phoṭana (= apphoṭana).

tangible, touch, contact; it is synonymous with phassa, which it replaces in psychol. terminology. Phoṭṭhabbaṃ is the senseobject of kāya (or taca) touch (“kāyena …

Pubba¹

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

question Snp.1023; Snp-a.46, Snp-a.200, Snp-a.230. A system of questions (“questionnaire”) is given in the Niddesa (and Commentaries), consisting of 12 groups of three questions each. In full at Mn …

manhood Mil.171.

= purisatta, cp. Trenckner, Notes 70³⁷

adjective belonging to the past, former, old Ne-a.194.

fr. purā, cp. sanātana in formation

Puthutta (Puthatta)

neuter being at variance, diversity SN.ii.77 (opp ekatta; variant reading SS puthatta). At AN.iv.97 we have to read puth’ attānaṃ for puthuttānaṃ which has nothing to do with pu …

Puthutta (Puthatta)

neuter being at variance, diversity SN.ii.77 (opp ekatta; variant reading SS puthatta). At AN.iv.97 we have to read puth’ attānaṃ for puthuttānaṃ which has nothing to do with pu …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

adjective natural, in its original or natural state Ja.v.274; Mil.218 (maṇiratana); Dhp-a.i.20; Vv-a.288; Pv-a.66 (where id. p Ja.iii.167 reads paṭipākatika), Pv-a.206; pākatikaṃ karoti to resto …

bringing to fall, destroying, killing, only in gabbha˚; destroying the foetus, abortion (q.v. Dhp-a.i.47 and passim.

fr. pāteti

hair; only in cpd. -nipphoṭanā pulling out one’s hair SN.iv.300. Pavisa & Pavekkhi;

see pavāḷa

to gladden please, satisfy, cheer; to invigorate, make strong, often in phrase (attānaṃ) sukheti pīṇeti “makes happy and pleases” DN.i.51; DN.iii.130 sq.; SN.i.90; SN.iv.331; Pv-a.283 cp. Dhs-a.40 …

Pūga¹

neuter heap, quantity; either as n. with gen or as adj. = many, a lot Snp.1073 (pūgaṃ vassānaṃ bahūni vassāni Cnd.452); Pv.iv.7#9 (pūgāni vassāni) Vb-a.2 (khandhaṭṭha, piṇḍ˚, pūg˚). …

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

1. to protect, shelter, save, preserve Snp.220; Ja.iv.255 (maṃ rakkheyyātha); Ja.vi.589 (= pāleti); Pv.ii.9#43 (dhanaṃ); Mil.166 (rukkhaṃ), Mil.280 (attānaṃ rakkheyya save himself); Pv-a.7
   grd * …

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

Ratana¹

neuter

1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana², as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
   ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

(-˚) adjective characteristic of a gem, or a king’s treasure; in phrase aniggata-ratanake “When the treasure has not gone out” Vin.iv.160, where the chief queen is meant with “treasure.”

ratana \ …

adjective a ratana in length Ja.i.7 (aḍḍha˚); Mil.312 (aṭṭha˚).

fr. ratana

Ratta¹

1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

indeclinable a part. of exclamation, mostly implying contempt, or deprecation (DN-a.i.276) “hīḷanavasena āmantanaṃ” i.e. address of disdain: heigh, go on, get away, hallo
■ DN.i.96, DN.i.107; Ja.ii …

making angry, causing anger, being angry Vb.86 (hiṃsanā +), explained at Vb-a.75 by ghaṭṭanā. Cp. BSk. roṣaṇī Avs.i.178.

abstr. fr. rosati

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

molestation, vexation, trouble Ja.iii.368 (= ghaṭṭana dūsana kuppana C.). Frequent in allegorical exegesis of rūpa, e.g. at Dhs-a.52 (naman aṭṭhena nāmaṃ ruppan’ aṭṭhena rūpaṃ), Dhs-a.303 (rūp’ ādīh …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

“royalty”; a high courtier, a khattiya (= rājabhogga, cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 100) DN.i.103 (Pasenadi rājā… uggehi vā rājaniyehi vā kañcid eva mantanaṃ manteyya) DN-a.i.273 (= anabhisittā kumā …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

adjective animate, conscious, rational Ja.i.74; Mhvs.38, Mhvs.97.

sa³ + cetana

faith (on term cp. Geiger, Saṃyutta translation ii.45²) DN.i.63; DN.iii.164 sq. SN.i.172 = Snp.76; SN.v.196; Dhp.144; AN.i.150, AN.i.210; AN.iii.4 sq. AN.iii.352; AN.iv.23; AN.v.96; Dhs.1 …

at SN.i.44 is metric spelling for sa-jīvana “same livelihood,” in phrase kiṃsu kamme s. “what is (of) the same livelihood in work, i.e. occupation?” The form is the same as jīvāna at Ja.iii.3 …

moving, shaking Vv-a.169; Dhs-a.62 (in defⁿ of kusala as “kucchitānaṃ salan’ādīhi atthehi kusalaṃ”).

fr. śal

Sammā¹

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
   ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

adjective primeval, of old; for ever, eternal DN.ii.240, DN.ii.244; SN.i.189 (cp. K.S. i.321: porāṇaka santānaṃ vā paṇḍitānaṃ dhamma); Dhp-a.i.51.

for sanātana (cp. purātana); Idg. *seno = Gr. ε …

handing over, resignation DN-a.i.232.

saṃ + niyyātana

1. spreading, ramification, tendril (valli˚) Kp-a.48.
2. one of the 5 celestial trees Ja.vi.239 (˚maya made of its flowers).
3. (also m.) continuity, succession; lineage SN.iii.143; DN-a.i.46; Dhs- …

1. (nt.) = santāna 1; Vv-a.94, Vv-a.162 (˚valli a sort of long creeper). mūla˚; a spreading root SN.iii.155; Ja.i.277.
2. = santāna 2; Vv-a.12.
3. (nt.) a cobweb Vin.i.48.
4. offspring SN.i.8.

s …

adjective mindful, thoughtful, contemplative, pensive; nom. sg. satimā DN.i.37; SN.i.126; Snp.174; AN.ii.35; Dhs.163; Dhp-a.iv.117; Pv.iv.3#44; satīmā (in verse) Snp.45; nt. satīmaṃ Snp.211; ge …

Satta¹

hanging, clinging or attached to Vin.i.185; DN.ii.246; Mnd.23, Mnd.24; Dhp.342; Ja.i.376 Cp. āsatta¹ & byāsatta.

pp. of sañj: sajjati

Satta²

1. (m.) a li …

Satthaka¹

neuter a knife, scissors Vin.ii.115 (daṇḍa˚, with a handle); Ja.v.254 (as one of the 8 parikkhāras); Mil.282. aya˚; at Ja.v.338 read -paṭṭaka.

• *-[nisādana](/define/nisād …

adjective intentional Vin.iii.112; MN.iii.207; AN.v.292 sq.; a˚ MN.i.377.

fr. sañcetanā

thought, cogitation, perception, intention AN.ii.159 (atta˚, para˚); DN.iii.231 (id.) SN.ii.11, SN.ii.40, SN.ii.99 (mano˚); SN.ii.39 sq., SN.ii.247; SN.iii.60, SN.iii.227 sq. Vb.285; Dhs.70, Dhs.126. …

the six organs of sense and the six objects-viz., eye ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; forms, sounds, odouis tastes, tangible things, ideas; occupying the fourth place in the Paṭiccasamuppāda DN.ii …

-ā (f.)

1. rubbing or striking together, close contact, impact SN.iv.215 SN.v.212; Ja.vi.65; Vism.112; DN-a.i.256 (anguli˚).
2. bracelet (?) Snp-a.96 (on Snp.48).

fr. sanghaṭṭeti

passage, bridge MN.i.439; Vin.iii.127; Ja.iii.373 (attānaṃ ˚ṃ katvā yo sotthiṃ samatārayi); Mil.91, Mil.229.

fr. saṃ + kram

Err:501

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

proclaiming, making known Pv-a.164.

saṃ + kittana

adjective lying MN.i.433, see uttānaseyyaka and gabbhaseyyaka.

fr. seyyā

to sew Ja.iv.25; Vv-a.251.
pres also sibbeti Vin.ii.116 Vin.iv.61, Vin.iv.280;
ger sibbetvā Ja.i.316;
grd sibbitabba Ja.i.9
aor *[sibbi](/define/s …

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

Sutta¹

asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring t …

relating to the morrow; dat. ˚-nāya for the following day Vin.i.27; DN.i.125; Ja.i.11; Dhp-a.i.314; Dhp-a.iv.12.

cp. Sk. śvastana; Geiger, P.Gr. § 6, 54

to cut open, to destroy; fig. to torment: Kern’s proposed reading (see

Toevoegselen

s. v sāveti) for sāveti at Ja.iii.198 (amba-pakkāni); Ja.iv.402 (attānaṃ sāṭetvā dāsakammaṃ …

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

adjective virtuous, observing the moral precepts DN.iii.77, DN.iii.259 sq., DN.iii.285; AN.i.150; AN.ii.58, AN.ii.76 AN.iii.206 sq., AN.iii.262 sq.; AN.iv.290 sq., AN.iv.314 sq.; AN.v.10 sq., AN.v.71 …

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

the shrub Tabernaemontana coronaria, and a fragrant powder or perfume obtained from it, incense Vin.i.203; Iti.68 (= Udānavarga p. 112, No. 8); Dhp.54 Dhp.55, Dhp.56 (candana +); Ja.iv.286; Ja.vi.100 …

to think, reflect, reason, argue DN-a.i.106; Dhs-a.142
■ attānaṃ t. to have self-confidence, to trust oneself Ja.i.273, Ja.i.396, Ja.i.468; Ja.iii.233.

Denom. of tarka

tamo darkness (syn. andhakāra, opp. joti), lit. as well as fig. (mental darkness = ignorance or state of doubt); one of the dark states of life & rebirth; adj. living in one of the d …

Tanaya & tanuya

offspring, son Mhvs.vii.28. pl. tanuyā [= Sk. tanayau] son & daughter SN.i.7.

at SN.i.7, variant reading tanaya, cp. BSk. tanuja Avs.ii.200

to stretch extend; rare as finite verb, usually only in pp. tata. Pgdp.17.

*ten; cp. Sk. tanoti, Gr. τείνω, τόνος, τέτανος; Lat. teneo, tenuis, tendo (E. ex-tend); Goth. panjan …

Tanaya & tanuya

offspring, son Mhvs.vii.28. pl. tanuyā [= Sk. tanayau] son & daughter SN.i.7.

at SN.i.7, variant reading tanaya, cp. BSk. tanuja Avs.ii.200

…See also tāreti (Caus.), tāṇa, tāyate tiro, tiriyaṃ, tīra, tīreti.

Vedic tarati, *ter (tṛ) to get to the other side, cp. Lat….

triad, in ratana-ttaya the triad of gems (the Buddha, the Norm. & the Community) see ratana e.g. Pv-a.1, Pv-a.49, Pv-a.141
■ piṭaka-ttaya the triad of the Piṭakas Snp-a …

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

1. the breast of a woman DN.ii.266; Ja.v.205; Ja.vi.483 Sdhp.360.
2. the udder of a cow MN.i.343 = Pp.56; Dhp-a.ii.67.

• -mukha the nipple Ja.iv.37.
• -sita-dāraka [sita](/de …

to roar, to thunder DN.ii.262; SN.i.100, SN.i.154 (megho thanayaṃ), SN.i.154 (thaneti devo) Iti.66 (megho thanayitvā)
pp thanita. See also gajjati & thunati.

Vedic stanayati & stanati to thunder; c …

thundering thunder Ja.i.470; Thag.1108; Mil.377.

pp. of thaneti cp. Vedic (s)tanayitnu thunder = Lat. tonitrus, Ohg. donar, etc.

Thāvara¹

adjective “standing still,” immovable (opp to tasa) firm, strong (Ep. of an Arahant: Kp-a.245; Dhp-a.iv.176. Always in connection with tasa, contrasting or com …

1. a fording place, landing place, which made a convenient bathing place DN.ii.89 = Vin.i.230 (Gotama˚ the G. ford) Ja.i.339, Ja.i.340 (titthāraṇa); Ja.ii.111; Ja.iii.228 (˚nāvika ferryman); Ja.iii.23 …

■ adj.) oneself, himself, etc.; every or anybody (= quisque) yaṃ tumo karissati tumo va tena paññāyissati (quid quisque faciat) Vin.ii.186 = AN.iii.124; Snp.890 (cp. ātumānaṃ Snp.v.888), Snp.908; Pv.i …

to burn out, scorch, torment, fig. root out, quench Snp.451 (attānaṃ); Ja.v.267 (janapadaṃ); Vv-a.114 (kilesaṃ t. in expl. of tapassin). Cp. pari˚.

Sk. tāpayati, Caus. to tapati

star, a planet Snp.687 (tārāsabha the lord, lit. “the bull” of the stars, i.e. the Moon).

-gaṇa (tāra˚) the host of stars Pv.ii.9#67 (cando va t
■ gaṇe atirocati). -maṇivitāna …

…in tarati, orig. to see through, to save, cp. tāṇa, etc.

one who protects, shelters or guards Ja.i.412 (in expl. of tāṇa, q.v.).

n. ag. from tāyati

protection, sheltering Dhp.288.

abstr. of tāṇa

Ud-

prefix in verbal & nominal comb^n. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are comb^ns. with ud˚, which in comp^n. appears modified according to the rules of as …

1. (in this meaning confused with ubbharati from bṛh, cp. interchange of ddh & bbh in uddha: ubbha, possibly also with; bṛh see abbahati and cp. ubbahati¹).
   1. …

indeclinable

1. indicating, with signs or indications Ja.iii.354 = Mil.230.
2. prep w. acc.:
   1. (lit.) pointing to, tending towards, towards to Pv-a.250 Suraṭṭha-visayaṃ)
   2. (appl^{d.</sup …}

at Ja.vi.590 means a kind of ornament or trinket, it should prob. be read ugghaṭṭana [fr. ghaṭṭeti lit. “tinkling”, i.e. a bangle.

to open, reveal (? so Hardy in Index to Nett) Ne.9; ugghaṭiyati & ugghaṭanā ibid. Ugghatta (Ugghattha?)

ud + ghaṭati

? that which can be removed, in -kiṭikā a curtain to be drawn aside Vin.ii.153 (cp. Vin Texts iii.174, 176). Ch s. v. gives “rope & bucket of a well” as meaning (kavāṭaṃ anugghāṭeti). Cp. *ugghaṭan …

to exalt, praise MN.i.498; Ja.iv.108
pp ukkaṭṭha
■ ukkaṃseti in same meaning MN.i.402 sq. (attānaṃ u. paraṃ vambheti); AN.ii.27; Cnd.141.

ud + kṛṣ, karṣati, lit. draw or up, raise

adjective

1. exalted, high, prominent, glorious, excellent, most freq. opp. to hīna in phrase hīna-m-ukkaṭṭha-majjhime Vin.iv.7; Ja.i.20 (verse 129), Ja.i.22 (verse 143); Ja.iii. …

? in ukkhasataṃ dānaṃ, given at various times of the day (meaning ἑκατόμβη?) SN.ii.264 (variant reading ukkā). Or is it to be read ukhāsataṃ d. i.e. consisting of 100 pots (of rice = mahā danaṃ?). S A …

crookedness, perverting justice taking bribes to get people into unlawful possessions (Bdhgh.) DN.i.5; DN.iii.176; SN.v.473; AN.ii.209, AN.v.206; DN-a.i.79 = Pp-a.240 (“assāmike sāmike kātuṃ lañcaga …

adjective belonging to the perversion of justice Vin.ii.94.

fr. ukkoṭana

1. firebrand, glow of fire, torch DN.i.49, DN.i.108; SN.ii.264; Thig.488 (˚ûpama) Ja.i.34 (dhamm-okkā); Ja.ii.401; Ja.iv.291; Ja.v.322; Vism.428 Thag-a.287; DN-a.i.148; Dhp-a.i.42, Dhp-a.i.205; P …

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expl^{d.< …}

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expl^{d.< …}

heaping up, gathering, accumulation, heap. As t.t. with ref. to kamma “conservation”, with ref. to body & form “integration” (See discussion & defin. at; Cpd. 253; Dhs trsl. 195). DN.i.76 (= odana …

1. putting down or under, foundation basis, ground, substratum (of rebirth) SN.i.117, SN.i.124 SN.i.134, SN.i.186; AN.ii.24 (˚sankhaya); AN.iii.382 (id.); AN.iv.150 (˚kkhaya); Iti.21, Iti.69; Snp.364, …

hurting Dhp-a.iii.237 (an˚).

fr. upaghāta

intrs.) to be beneficial to (w. dat.), to serve, to accrue SN.i.85; Pv.i.4#4 (= nippajjati Pv-a.19); Pv.i.5#7 (petānaṃ); Pv.i.10#4 (= viniyujjati Pv-a.49) Ja.v.350; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.29 (petānaṃ), Pv- …

to depend or rely on (acc.) Mil.240 (attānaṃ)
ger -nissāya (q.v.)
pp ˚nissita (q.v.).

upa + ni˚

1. birth, rebirth, (lit. attainment) MN.i.82; SN.iii.53; SN.iv.398; AN.v.289 sq.; Snp.139, Snp.643, Snp.836; Dhp.419 (sattānaṃ); in var specifications as: deva˚ rebirth among gods Pv-a.6, Pv-a.81 de …

indeclinable over, above (prep. & prefix)

1. (adv. on top, above (opp. adho below) Vin.iv.46 (opp. heṭṭhā) Ja.vi.432; Kp-a.248 (= uddhaṃ; opp. adho); Snp-a.392 (abtimukho u. gacchati explaining pac …

begging, asking, praying, propitiation Ja.vi.150 (= devatānaṃ āyācana).

of adj. upa + yācita + ka; pp. of yācati

pulling out, uprooting, destroying, skinning Ja.i.454; Ja.ii.283; Ja.vi.238; Mil.166; Pv-a.46 (kes˚); Sdhp.140 (camm˚). Cp. sam˚.

fr. ud + paṭ.

adjective pulling up, tearing out, uprooting Ja.i.303 (˚vāta); Ja.iv.333 (id.).

fr. uppāṭana

to split, tear asunder; root out, remove, destroy Vin.ii.151 (chaviṃ to skin); MN.ii.110 (attānaṃ); Thig.396 (ger. uppāṭiyā = ˚pāṭetvā Thag-a.259); Ja.i.281 (bījāni), Ja.iv.162, Ja.iv.382; Ja.vi.109 …

devout or faithful layman, a lay devotee Vin.i.4, Vin.i.16 (tevāciko u.), Vin.i.37, Vin.i.139 Vin.i.195 sq.; Vin.ii.125; Vin.iii.6, Vin.iii.92; Vin.iv.14, Vin.iv.109; DN.i.85; DN.ii.105 DN.ii.113; DN. …

this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …

adjective

1. stretched out (flat), lying on one’s back, supine Vin.i.271 (mañcake uttānaṃ nipajjāpetvā making her lie back on the couch), Vin.ii.215; Ja.i.205; Pv.iv.10#8 (opp. avakujja); Pv-a.178 ( …

adjective

1. (= uttāna¹) lying on one’s back Ja.vi.38 (˚ṃ pātetvā); Dhp-a.i.184.
2. (uttāna²) clear, open DN.ii.55; MN.i.340 = Dhp-a.i.173.

fr. uttāna

˚- open, manifest etc., in -kamma (uttāni˚) declaration, exposition, manifestation SN.v.443 Pp.19; Vb.259, Vb.358; Ne.5, Ne.8, Ne.9, Ne.38
■ -karaṇa id Snp-a.445
■ -karoti to make clear …

1. speaking, utterance, word, bidding SN.ii.18 (alaṃ vacanāya one says rightly); SN.iv.195 (yathā bhūtaṃ); AN.ii.168; Snp.417, Snp.699 Snp.932, Snp.984, Snp.997; Mil.235; Pv.ii.2#7; Snp-a.343, Snp-a …

˚- speech, words; rare by itself (and in this case re-established from compounds and poetical, as at Snp.472 (yassa vacī kharā; explained at Snp-a.409 by “vācā”), Snp.973 (cudito vacīhi = vācāhi Sn …

striking, killing; slaughter, destruction, execution DN.iii.176; AN.ii.113; Pp.58; Ja.ii.347; Mil.419 (˚kata); Dhp-a.i.69 (pāṇa˚ + pāṇa-ghāta), Dhp-a.i.80, Dhp-a.i.296; Dhp-a.ii.39; Vb-a.382
…

slaying, killing; murderous; a murderer SN.iii.112 (in simile); SN.iv.173 (id.); AN.iv.92 (id.); Thig.347; DN.iii.72 (˚citta); Kp-a.27; Vv-a.72 (˚cetanā murderous intention); Vism.230, Vism.231 (in …

Vali & Valī

feminine a line, fold, wrinkle, a streak, row Vin.ii.112 (read valiyo for valiṃ?); Thig.256; Ja.iv.109, Shhp.104
■ muttā-vali a string of pearls Vv-a.169 For vaṭṭanā-valī see *[v …

1. a climbing plant, a creeper Vin.iii.144; Ja.v.37; Ja.vi.536; Vv-a.147 Vv-a.335 (here as a root?)
   ■ santānaka˚; a long, spreading creeper Vv-a.94, Vv-a.162.
2. a reed or rush used as a st …

Vali & Valī

feminine a line, fold, wrinkle, a streak, row Vin.ii.112 (read valiyo for valiṃ?); Thig.256; Ja.iv.109, Shhp.104
■ muttā-vali a string of pearls Vv-a.169 For vaṭṭanā-valī see *[v …

Vara¹

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

power, authority, control, influence SN.i.43, SN.i.240 (kodho vo vasam āyātu: shall be in your power; vasa = āṇāpavattana K.S. i.320); MN.i.214 (bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena v …

moving on, upkeep, existence, continuance Snp.698 (cakka˚ continuance of royal power); Mhvs.3, Mhvs.38.

fr. vattati

to move, go on, proceed to happen, take place, to be; to be in existence; to fare to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes …

Vatthu¹

neuter lit. “ground,” hence

1. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu²!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …

1. a bamboo Snp.38 (vaṃso visālo va; vaṃso explained at Cnd.556 as “veḷugumba,” at Snp-a.76 as “veḷu”), ibid. (˚kaḷīra) Ja.vi.57; Vism.255 (˚kaḷīra); Kp-a.50 (id.).
2. race lineage, family AN.ii.27 …

kind of head ornament perhaps ear-ring or garland worn round the forehead Mhvs.11, Mhvs.28 (C. explains as “kaṇṇapilandhanaṃ vaṭaṃsakan ti vuttaṃ hoti”). Usually as vaṭaṃsaka V …

turning round Dhtp.89 (in defⁿ of vaṭṭati). Cp. āvaṭṭana.

fr. vṛt, vaṭṭati

in -valī is a line or chain of balls (“rounds,” i.e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat doubtful. It occurs at MN.i.80, MN.i.81 (seyyathā v. evaṃ me piṭṭhi-kaṇṭako unnat’ âvanato hoti; Neumann t …

1. to turn round, to move on: doubtful in “kattha vaṭṭaṃ na vaṭṭati SN.i.15; preferably with variant reading as vaḍḍhati
   caus 1 vaṭṭeti to turn or twist …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

1. (f.) feeling, sensation (see on term, e.g. Cpd. 14 Mrs. Rh D. B. Psy., ch. iv.) DN.i.45; DN.ii.58 (cp. Dial. ii.54), DN.ii.66, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.77, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.228, DN.iii.238 (˚upādā …

wages, hire; payment, fee, remuneration; tip Ja.i.194 (nivāsa˚ rent) Snp.24; Vv-a.141; Dhp-a.i.25; Pv-a.112. Most frequently combined with bhatta˚; (q.v.). As vedana at Ja.iii.349.

cp. Epic & …

precious stone, lapis lazuli; cp. the same word “beryl” (with metathesis r → l; not fr. the Sk. form), which the Greeks brought to Europe from India
■ DN.i.76; Vin.ii.112; SN.i.64; AN.i.215; AN.iv …

indeclinable

I.

1. inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …

span (of 12 angulas or finger-breadths) Vin.iii.149 (dīghaso dvādasa vidatthiyo sugata-vidatthiyā); Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.337; Ja.iii.318; Mil.85; Vism.65, Vism.124, Vism.171, Vism.175, Vism.408; Dhp-a. …

adjective noun shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.) undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying SN.iv.83; Mil.351 (kosajja˚); Ja.i.322; Ja.v.267 (adj.); Vism.85 (vikkhepa +); Vv-a.58, Vv-a.161 (a …

1. destruction, killing, slaughter Pv-a.150 (vighātaṃ āpajjati = vihaññati)
   ■ as adj slain, beaten Pv.iv.5#3 (= vighātavā vihata-bala).
2. distress, annoyance, upset of mind, trouble, vexation …

adjective unfastening, breaking up, overthrowing Thag.419.

fr. vighāṭeti

disentangling Mil.11.

fr. vijaṭeti

knife MN.i.244. Cp. vikattana.

fr. vikantati

cutter, knife Vin.iii.89 (tiṇha go˚) MN.i.449; Ja.vi.441.

fr. vi + kantati²

adjective

1. scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96)
   ■ Vb.358 (T. reads vikī˚; variant reading vikāraṇa & vikkir˚) = Pp.23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. “gui …

Viloṭana; [fr. vi + luḍ; cp. Whitney, Sanskrit Roots, 1885, p. 149, where themes & their forms are given by; luṭh¹ to roll, luṭh² & luṇṭh; to rob, luḍ to stir up (some …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

freed, released, intellectually emancipated Vin.i.8; AN.iv.75, AN.iv.179, AN.iv.340; AN.v.29; DN.iii.97 DN.iii.100, DN.iii.133, DN.iii.258; SN.i.23, SN.i.35; SN.iii.13, SN.iii.53, SN.iii.137; Snp.354, …

changing, change. reverse Dhs-a.367.

fr. viparivattati

only in phrase -ññū either: knowing diffuseness or detail, or: of unillusioned understanding, clear-minded, unprejudiced combined with ugghaṭita-ññū at AN.ii.135 = Pp.41 (trsl^d by B. …

(*vitanati) to stretch out, spread out; poet. ger. vitanitvāna Ja.vi.453
pass vitaniyyati ibid
pp vitata. Cp. vitāna.

vi + tanoti

spread-out, canopy, awning Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.40, Ja.i.62, Ja.i.83; Dhp-a.ii.42; Snp-a.447; Vv-a.32 Vv-a.173; Pv-a.154. See also cela˚.

fr. vi + ; tan

1. opening (lit. dis-covering), pore, cleft, leak, fissure Dhp.127 (pabbatānaṃ; cp Divy.532; Mil.150; Pv-a.104); Vism.192, Vism.262; Ja.iv.16; Ja.v.87; Dhp-a.iv.46 (mukha˚); Snp-a.355; Pv-a.152, …

˚ā (f.) turning away, moving on, moving back Pts.i.66; Pts.ii.98; Vism.278 (f. explained as “magga”).

fr. vivaṭṭati

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

Vīsati & vīsaṃ

indeclinable number 20
■ Both forms are used indiscriminately

1. vīsati, e.g. Vin.ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Snp.457 (catu-vīsat’akkharaṃ); …

Vīsati & vīsaṃ

indeclinable number 20
■ Both forms are used indiscriminately

1. vīsati, e.g. Vin.ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Snp.457 (catu-vīsat’akkharaṃ); …

Yāpana & yapana

(nt.) keeping going, sustenance, feeding, nourishment existence, living. Esp. in one standing combⁿ respecting the feeding and keeping of the body “*kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāy …

endeavour, undertaking Ja.v.346 (C. explains samosaraṇa-ṭṭhāna?); Dhtp.121 (in explⁿ of yatati¹).

fr. yat, cp. Epic Sk. yatna

Yatati¹

to exert oneself, strive endeavour, to be cautious or careful; ppr. yataṃ Iti.120 (care, tiṭṭhe, acche etc.; Seidenstūcker trsl^s “gezügelt,” thus taking it in meaning …

1. a staff, stick, pole MN.iii.133 (tomara˚ goad); SN.i.115 (pācana˚ driving stick, goad); Mil.2; Dhp-a.iii.140 (kattara˚ a mendicant’s staff); Pv-a.241; Vb-a.241 (yantacakka˚); Mhvs.11, Mhvs.10 (v …

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

Yāpana & yapana

(nt.) keeping going, sustenance, feeding, nourishment existence, living. Esp. in one standing combⁿ respecting the feeding and keeping of the body “*kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāy …

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

to tell, relate, show, describe, explain DN.i.110; AN.ii.189 (atthaṃ ā to interpret); Pp.59; Dhp-a.i.14; Snp-a.155; Pv-a.121, Pv-a.164 (describe)
imper pres. ācikkha Snp.1097 (= brūhi Cnd.119 …

1. slaying, striking, destroying, killing Thag.418, Thag.711; death DN.i.31 (= maraṇa DN-a.i.119).
2. shambles, slaughter-house Vin.i.182 (gav˚); AN.iv.138; Ja.vi.113.
3. place of execution Vin.iii. …

feeding, support, food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enum^n. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.

1. kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …

? a possible reading, for the dürakantana of the text at Thag.1123, for which we might read durākantana

state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚āyatana & see Dhs trsl.74)
■ Snp.976, Snp.1070, Snp.1115 (˚sambhava, cp. Cnd.116) Th …

Ākoṭana¹

neuter beating on, knocking MN.i.385; Mil.63, Mil.306; Dhs-a.144.

fr. ākoṭeti

Ākoṭana²

adjective beating, driving, inciting, urging Ja.vi.253 (f. ākoṭanī of paññā, …

Ākāsa¹

air, sky, atmosphere; space. On the concept see Cpd. 5, 16, 226. On a fanciful etym. of ākāsa (fr. ā + kassati of kṛṣ) at Dhs-a.325 see Dhs trsl. 178. DN.i.55 (˚ṃ indriyāni …

adjective adverb asking or asked, invited; only as an˚; without being asked, unasked, uninvited Vin.i.254 (˚cāra); AN.iii.259 (id.).

either ger. of āmanteti (q.v.) or root der. fr. ā + mant, cp. āmantaṇā

-nā (f., also -ṇā) addressing, calling; invitation, greeting Snp.40 (ep. Cnd.128) -vacana the address-form of speech i.e. the vocative case (cp. Sk. āmantritaṃ id.) Snp-a.435; Kp-a.167.

f …

adjective noun addressing, speaking to, conversing; f. -ikā interlocutor, companion, favourite queen Vv.18#8 (= allāpa-sallāpa-yoggā kīḷanakāle vā tena (i.e. Sakkena) āmantetabbā Vv-a.96).

fr. āmantana

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

“knocking against”, setting on, insult, offence Vin.ii.203 (˚ṃ Tathāgataṃ an insult to the T.; quoted as such at Vv-a.55 where two meanings of ā. are given, corresponding to āsajja 1 & 3, viz. samāga …

adjective to be wished for, desirable Mil.2 (˚ratana).

grd. of āsiṃsati

self. nom. sg. ātumo Pv.iv.5#2 (= sabhāvo Pv-a.259), ātumā Mnd.69 (ātumā vuccati attā), Mnd.296 (id.) & ātumāno Mnd.351; acc. ātumānaṃ Snp.782 (= attānaṃ Snp-a.521), Snp.888, Snp.918; loc. * …

turning to, paying attention, apprehending; adverting the mind
■ See discussion of term at Cpd. 85, 227 (the C. derive āvajjana fr. āvaṭṭeti to turn towards, this confusion being due to close rese …

adjective noun turning; turn, return Ne.113; Mil.251.

Sk. āvartana

adjective turning round or back Thag.16 (cp. āvaṭṭanin).

fr. āvattana

turning, twisting; enticement, snare, temptation Ja.iii.494; Dhp-a.ii.153.

fr. ā + vṛt, cp. āvaṭṭa 2 and āvaṭṭanin

adjective turning (away or towards), changing, tempting, enticing MN.i.375, MN.i.381; AN.ii.190; Ja.ii.330 = Ja.iv.471; DN-a.i.250
■ Cp. etymologically the same, but semantically diff. āvattanin. …

turning to (of the mind), adverting apprehending Kv.380, Kv.491.

most likely for āvajjana. q.v. & see also Kvu trsl. 221, 282

adjective noun only at MN.i.91 in neg. an˚; not enticed by (loc.), i.e. kāmesu. Cp. āvattin.

fr. āvaṭṭa instead of āvaṭṭana

adjective wearing garlands or other headornaments, usually in f. ˚inī Ja.v.409 (= kaṇṇālankārehi yuttā C.); Vv.30#2 (voc. āvelinī, but at id. p. Vv.48#2 āveline) Vv.32#3 ; Vv-a.125 (on Vv.30#2 explai …

1. coming in, entrance MN.iii.93.
2. tax Ja.v.113.
3. income, earning, profit, gain (opp vaya loss) AN.iv.282 = AN.iv.323; Snp.978; Ja.i.228; Kp-a.38 (in expl^n. of kāya), Kp-a.82 (in etym …

1. stretch, extent, reach, compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh’s definition at DN-a.i.124 as “samosaraṇa”) DN.iii.241, DN.iii.279 (vimutti˚); SN.ii …

adjective belonging to the sphere of (some special sense, see āyatana 3) SN.iv.126 (phass niraya & sagga).

fr. āyatana

1. (lit.) stretching, stretching out, extension Vin.i.349 = Ja.iii.488 (mukh˚).
2. (appl.) usually as linear measure: extension, length (often comb^d. with and contrasted to *[vitthāra](/def …

(i.e. 563-483) ‘Megvilágosodott’. A buddhizmus alapítójának, Gótama Sziddhártának a neve, amelyet az általa keresett lényeg felismerése során, azaz a Megvilágosodás kapcsán nyert. Nevezték még Szakjam …

‘Tan’, ‘Tanítás’ – a buddhizmusban Buddha tanai, a buddhista vallási-filozófiai alapelvek összessége, s ebben az értelmezésben Törvény is. (vö. dharma)

‘Kialvás, ellobbanás, kioltás’. A buddhista gyakorás célja: a vágyak, a léthez kötődés szomjának teljes megsemmisítése, kioltása, a tökéletes vágytalanság és felszabadultság állapotának elérése. Ez az …